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Joseph Melancon is a versatile artist whose
range of work includes painting, collage and
sculpture. He paints on paper, wood panels
and canvas. Lifelong interests including landscape,
figure, antique toys, the circus and the American
Indian are portrayed with multilayered meaning
using abstraction as well as expressive realism.
His works are very personal with a passion
for process, composition and the painterly
surface. Design and dimensional production
work in science and history museums and advertising
media contributed greatly to Joseph's extensive
knowledge of methods and materials used in
his work.
For many years he taught drawing and painting
at Eastfield College in Dallas, Texas in addition
to giving workshops and Lecture/Demos across
the country.
Now residing in Sarasota, Florida, Joseph
grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he
received a BA in Fine Arts at LSU. Later in
his career he earned an MFA in painting from
Texas Woman's University which included travel
to Rome,England, Scotland and Greece to study
art history, painting and sculpture.
Books featuring Joseph's paintings include;
200 New Painting
Ideas, 1998 North Light Books;Splash
Five: The Glory of Color,
1998 North Light Books; Arts
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the Parks Top
100: Artist's Celebrating our National
Parks 1996 National Park Academy
of the Arts, Inc,; Creative
Watercolor: Step-by-Step Guide
and Showcase,
l995 Rockport Publishers;
Splash Three: Ideas & Inspirations,
1994 North Light Books.
Joseph was featured in a seven page article
in the February, l995 issue of American
Artist Magazine. He has won 25 awards
in national juried exhibitions, including
the CFS Medal in the American Watercolor
Society and Best of Show in the Western
Federation of Watercolor Societies. He's
included in Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges, Who's
Who in the World, and the 1998 edition
of the Guinness Book of World Records.
He is a Signature Member of the National
Watercolor Society, Southwest Watercolor
Society, Western Federation of Watercolor
Societies and others.
Joseph is represented by State of the
Arts Gallery in Sarasota and Wyble Art
Brokerage in Louisiana . Reproductions
of his work are available from LiveOakEditions.com
and through his studio. Joseph has been
represented in various galleries in Dallas,
Santa Fe, Fort Worth, Omaha, Tampa and
Sarasota and his paintings can be found
in private collections across the country.
Joseph,
a full time artist, currently teaches
at Art Center Sarasota and Manatee Community
College in Bradenton, Florida. On a limited
basis he tutors individual students in
his studio.
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